Patents by Inventor Cecil Clay Clements

Cecil Clay Clements has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9863645
    Abstract: An oven appliance includes features for permitting movement of a door of the oven appliance relative to a cabinet of the oven appliance. The oven appliance also includes a hinge assembly that couples the door to at least one of the first and second slide assemblies such that the door is pivotable. The hinge assembly is coupled to a front panel of the door and extends through a liner of the door. A related double oven range appliance is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher James Adelmann, Cecil Clay Clements, Stephen Bernard Froelicher
  • Patent number: 9541295
    Abstract: An oven appliance includes features for permitting movement of a door of the oven appliance relative to a cabinet of the oven appliance. The oven appliance also includes a hinge assembly that couples the door to at least one of the first and second slide assemblies such that the door is pivotable. The hinge assembly includes a bearing disposed within one of a series of detents. A related double oven range appliance is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Haier U.S. Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher James Adelmann, Cecil Clay Clements, Stephen Bernard Froelicher
  • Publication number: 20160195280
    Abstract: An oven appliance includes features for permitting movement of a door of the oven appliance relative to a cabinet of the oven appliance. The oven appliance also includes a hinge assembly that couples the door to at least one of the first and second slide assemblies such that the door is pivotable. The hinge assembly is coupled to a front panel of the door and extends through a liner of the door. A related double oven range appliance is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Christopher James Adelmann, Cecil Clay Clements, Stephen Bernard Froelicher
  • Patent number: 9377205
    Abstract: A rack for an oven includes a sheet of metal having a front edge, a back edge, opposing side edges, a top surface and a bottom surface. A row of punched openings is formed in the metal sheet, with a solid region of metal adjacent to the row of punched openings. A stiffening rib is formed in a surface of the rack in the solid region of metal having a substantially semi-circular, indented cross-section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Daniel Joseph Trice, Cecil Clay Clements, Robert Dennis Halleron, James Tomaszewski
  • Publication number: 20150354828
    Abstract: An oven appliance includes features for permitting movement of a door of the oven appliance relative to a cabinet of the oven appliance. The oven appliance also includes a hinge assembly that couples the door to at least one of the first and second slide assemblies such that the door is pivotable. The hinge assembly includes a bearing disposed within one of a series of detents. A related double oven range appliance is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Christopher James Adelmann, Cecil Clay Clements, Stephen Bernard Froelicher
  • Publication number: 20150354829
    Abstract: An oven appliance includes features for permitting movement of a door of the oven appliance relative to a cabinet of the oven appliance and also includes features for permitting pivoting of the. The oven appliance also includes a frame with a tray removably mounted to the frame and a rack disposed on the tray. A related double oven range appliance is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Christopher James Adelmann, Cecil Clay Clements, Stephen Bernard Froelicher
  • Publication number: 20150354830
    Abstract: An oven appliance includes features for permitting movement of a door of the oven appliance relative to a cabinet of the oven appliance. The oven appliance also includes features for permitting the door to pivot between a vertical position and a peak position. A related double oven range appliance is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Christopher James Adelmann, Cecil Clay Clements, Stephen Bernard Froelicher
  • Patent number: 9016270
    Abstract: Mounting for a window in an oven appliance is provided so as to allow for thermal expansion during oven use. More particularly, an expansion zone is provided around the window such that, during heating of the window from oven operation, the window is allowed to expand without restraint that could cause cracking or shattering. Space can be allowed for both lateral and longitudinal expansion of the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Chezem, Philip Ames Barber, John Mark Chilton, Cecil Clay Clements, Carlos Garcia
  • Publication number: 20130167828
    Abstract: A rack for an oven includes a sheet of metal having a front edge, a back edge, opposing side edges, a top surface and a bottom surface. A row of punched openings is formed in the metal sheet, with a solid region of metal adjacent to the row of punched openings. A stiffening rib is formed in a surface of the rack in the solid region of metal having a substantially semi-circular, indented cross-section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Inventors: Daniel Joseph Trice, Cecil Clay Clements, Robert Dennis Halleron, James Tomaszewski
  • Publication number: 20120167866
    Abstract: Mounting for a window in an oven appliance is provided so as to allow for thermal expansion during oven use. More particularly, an expansion zone is provided around the window such that, during heating of the window from oven operation, the window is allowed to expand without restraint that could cause cracking or shattering. Space can be allowed for both lateral and longitudinal expansion of the window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Chezem, Philip Ames Barber, John Mark Chilton, Cecil Clay Clements, Carlos Garcia
  • Publication number: 20110067577
    Abstract: A cooking appliance including a cooktop having a cooktop surface and a griddle system including at least one cooking grate positioned on the cooktop surface, the at least one cooking grate including at least one griddle support protruding therefrom, and a griddle configured to removably engage the at least one griddle support, the at least one griddle support being configured to support the griddle away from the cooktop surface, and/or an oven cavity defined by top, bottom, front, rear, and lateral sides and a broil system including a diffuser disposed adjacent the top side of the oven cavity, a single tube broil element disposed between the diffuser and the top side of the oven cavity, and the diffuser being configured to diffuse heat emitted from the single tube broil element to form a substantially even temperature gradient proximate the top side of the oven cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2009
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Inventors: Brian S. RIDDLE, Paul Cadima, Jason Randall Northcut, Daniel Joseph Trice, James Tomaszewski, Rafael Martinez, Michael Thomas Chezem, Cecil Clay Clements, Mireya Huerta, Edger Arreortua